>So I think that a short book, possibly organized similarly to the
>original K&R C book, would be a wonderful thing. It should not
>talk down to the reader or try to convice how easy it is to learn
>Smalltalk, just tell her or him directly how to do things. It is
>really enfuriating to learn from a book that seems to suggest that
>any half-witted child could figure this stuff out in a day or two.
>Therefore, the tone should be direct and to the point, and should
>show how to do familiar things in the strange Smalltalk environment.

     What do y'all think about Winston's On to Smalltalk?  It is
     short and to the point, and it helps programmers build up an
     OO application throughout the book.

---- Eugene